April 2015 Meeting

We met on Tuesday, April 28 at Helen's house with every Bee attending -- Margie, Peggy, Linda, Helen, Rita, Randi, Dawn, and Tricia. Rita brought delicious broccoli soup, Helen provided a yummy salad, and Linda brought home made lemon bars.

Next Meeting

*** Tuesday, May 26 at Helen's house ***

Queen Bee: Linda
Food: Main dish - Dawn;  Salad - Tricia;  Dessert - Randi

Business Meeting

Margie was Queen Bee, and she shared a few items of interest during the business meeting. 

• The Sewing Expo at the Grand Sierra in Reno will be on June 11-13. A $2.00 discount coupon is available on their website.
   
• The Sierra to Sage Shop Hop will be on September 10-12, Thursday through Saturday only. No Sundays this year.
   
• Quilting Tahoe is going to close permanently on August 2, 2015. Merchandise is currently marked down to 30% off through July 5. The shop will then be closed from July 6-July 23. It will reopen from July 24 to August 2 at 50% off. 

Show & Tell

Randi showed us her memory box quilt #2. She decided to make two quilts from the memory blocks because some of the squares just didn't seem to go together. That means she made a lot more squares herself from the left over fabrics. 

Ugly Fabric Challenge

Prior to the meeting, Queen Bee Margie had asked the Bees each to bring at least one ugly fabric to the meeting, but she didn't tell us in advance what we were going to do with them. As we looked at all the fabrics, most of us decided the ones the other Bees brought weren't really all that ugly -- except for the one Linda brought (on the right, black with multicolor print -- yikes!)

Margie challenged us to select at least three fabrics and then to incorporate them into a project to complete by next month. At first, some of the Bees didn't feel as though they had time to take this on, but in the end, we had so much fun comparing and bargaining for the fabrics that everyone decided to join in. We can't wait to see what everyone will come up with!